Please, Mister Postman
By: Alan Johnson
3.82
Format: 295 pages, Kindle Edition
In July 1969, while the Rolling Stones played a free concert in Hyde Park, Alan Johnson and his you…
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1. The First Casualty
By: Ben Elton
3.94
Format: 444 pages, Paperback
In Flanders in June 1917, a British officer and celebrated poet is shot dead, killed not by German … read more
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- historical
"Once more, and for the fourth time, the war would most definitely not be over by Christmas."-Ben Elton, The First Casualty
"But these are only words and probably convey only a fraction of their meaning to the hearers. They shudder and it is forgotten."-Ben Elton, The First Casualty
"Don't you just love the army? They take a fellow who's been turned into a catatonic mute by being shelled from here to Christmas and say he's not yet been properly diagnosed but he seems a bit nervou…"-Ben Elton, The First Casualty
"I'm twenty-two and a woman. One of the ways men diminish women's status and our contribution whilst simultaneously entrenching their quasi-paternal male authority is to call us girls. Girls go to sch…"-Ben Elton, The First Casualty
2. Miss Carter's War
By: Sheila Hancock
3.59
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
It is 1948 and Britain is struggling to recover from the Second World War. Half French, half Englis… read more
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- historical
- british literature
3. The Go-Between
By: Colm Tóibín , L.P. Hartley
3.99
Format: 326 pages, Paperback
L.P. Hartley's moving exploration of a young boy's loss of innocence The Go-Between is edited with … read more
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- british literature
"You flew too near the sun and you were scorched."-Colm Tóibín, The Go-Between
"To see things as they really were--what an empoverishment!"-Colm Tóibín, The Go-Between
"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there."-Colm Tóibín, The Go-Between
"With the opening of the door, and the installation of electric light in the cupboard, the skeletons had crumbled into dust."-Colm Tóibín, The Go-Between
4. The Boy with the Topknot: A Memoir of Love, Secrets and Lies in Wolverhampton
By: Sathnam Sanghera
3.80
Format: None pages, Paperback
SOON TO BE A BBC DRAMA The Boy with the Topknot: A Memoir of Love, Secrets and Lies in Wolverhampto… read more
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5. Winter in Madrid
By: C.J. Sansom
3.28
Format: 404 pages,
A vivid and haunting depiction of wartime Spain, Winter in Madrid is an intimate and riveting tale … read more
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6. The Tuesday Night Club: A Short Story
By: Agatha Christie
4.08
Format: 96 pages,
Previously published in the print anthology The Thirteen Problems After a supper of canned lobster … read more
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7. Love You Dead (Roy Grace, #12)
By: Peter James
4.46
Format: 170 pages,
An ugly duckling as a child, Jodie Bentley had two dreams in life - to be beautiful and rich. She's… read more
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8. A Life of My Own: A Biographer's Life
By: Claire Tomalin
3.50
Format: 448 pages,
Acclaimed biographer Claire Tomalin, the bestselling author of The Invisible Womanand Jane Austen, … read more
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9. Toby's Room (Life Class, #2)
By: Pat Barker
4.02
Format: 360 pages, Hardback
From Booker Prize winner Pat Barker, a masterful novel that portrays the staggering human cost of t… read more
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10. Empire of the Sun (Empire of the Sun, #1)
By: J.G. Ballard
3.82
Format: 148 pages, Paperback
The classic, award-winning novel, made famous by Steven Spielberg's film, tells of a young boy's st… read more
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11. Bournville
By: Jonathan Coe
3.81
Format: 354 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling, award-winning author of Middle England comes a profoundly moving, brutally fu… read more
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- historical
- british literature
12. Close to Home
By: Michael Magee
4.06
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
While growing up in West Belfast, Sean does everything he's supposed to do. He works hard, he stud… read more
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- historical
13. A Keeper
By: Graham Norton
3.99
Format: 326 pages, Paperback
When Elizabeth Keane returns to Ireland after her mother’s death, she’s focused only on saying good… read more
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"I've always found there are far fewer answers than there are questions."-Graham Norton, A Keeper
"The dead don't vanish, they leave a negative of themselves stamped on the world."-Graham Norton, A Keeper
14. 73 Dove Street
By: Julie Owen Moylan
3.95
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The page-turning and evocative new novel set in 1950s London from the author of That Green Eyed Gir… read more
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- historical
15. On Chapel Sands: The Mystery of My Mother's Disappearance as a Child
By: Laura Cumming
3.58
Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition
Acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of The Vanishing Velazquez Laura Cumming shares the riv… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- british literature
- nonfiction
"The lives of even quite recent generations might almost disappear from our understanding if we did not think of their aspirations."-Laura Cumming, On Chapel Sands: The Mystery of My Mother's Disappearance as a Child
"To commemorate Veda’s life, Elizabeth planted thousands of daffodil bulbs in the grounds of Chapel school for the pupils to pick on Mother’s Day each year, so that no future mother would ever be forg…"-Laura Cumming, On Chapel Sands: The Mystery of My Mother's Disappearance as a Child
16. A Waiter in Paris: Adventures in the Dark Heart of the City
By: Edward Chisholm
4.05
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
An evocative portrait of the underbelly of contemporary Paris as seen through the eyes of a young w… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
17. The Square of Sevens
By: Laura Shepherd-Robinson
4.14
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
An orphaned fortune teller in 18th-century England searches for answers about her long-dead mother … read more
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- historical
"If time with those we love is measured by the hourglass, then God’s greatest cruelty is not to let us see the size of that vessel."-Laura Shepherd-Robinson, The Square of Sevens
18. Coasting: Running Around the Coast of Britain – Life, Love and (Very) Loose Plans
By: Elise Downing
4.03
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Running away from your problems doesn’t solve anything – but sometimes it’s more fun than dealing w… read more
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- autobiography
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
19. Lowborn: Growing Up, Getting Away and Returning to Britain’s Poorest Towns
By: Kerry Hudson
4.15
Format: 241 pages, Paperback
What does it really mean to be poor in Britain today? A prizewinning novelist revisits her childhoo… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- politics
- autobiography
- nonfiction
"I was a private investigator, digging my way through my own deeply buried secrets, both desperate for answers and fighting to keep them hidden."-Kerry Hudson, Lowborn: Growing Up, Getting Away and Returning to Britain’s Poorest Towns
"Here I was chasing my past, trying to piece things together but perhaps the real courage was in simply accepting the things that happen and learning to live with them."-Kerry Hudson, Lowborn: Growing Up, Getting Away and Returning to Britain’s Poorest Towns
20. Code of Conduct: Why We Need to Fix Parliament – and How to Do It
By: Chris Bryant
4.01
Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition
THE INSTANT TOP TWO SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE PARLIAMENTARY BOOK AWARDSCronyism, n… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
21. Poor: Grit, courage, and the life-changing value of self-belief
By: Katriona O'Sullivan
4.61
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
As the middle of five kids growing up in dire poverty, the odds were low on Katriona O'Sullivan mak… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
22. Two Roads Home: Hitler, Stalin, and the Miraculous Survival of My Family
By: Daniel Finkelstein
4.63
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
An epic and beautifully written World War II family history that spans Europe, telling of two happy… read more
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23. Where Skylarks Sing: An inspiring story of endurance and the healing power of walking
By: Patrick Davies
4.46
Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition
One man's remarkable journey on foot across Britain.Reaching a major crossroads in 2021, Patrick Da… read more
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- nonfiction
24. Another England: How to Reclaim Our National Story
By: Caroline Lucas
4.04
Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition
Who are the English? Today, the dominant story told about our national history solely serves the i… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
- british literature
"Many resented how some expressions of Englishness were allowed, while others were not. It was acceptable to love the English countryside, English humour, English music and English Literature, and to …"-Caroline Lucas, Another England: How to Reclaim Our National Story
"With the 1980s came a new harshness in British politics, which included prioritising profit over public service. The Conservatives - the very party who might have been expected to support the traditi…"-Caroline Lucas, Another England: How to Reclaim Our National Story
"The economist J.K. Galbraith wrote in The Affluent Society (1958) about 'private affluence and public squalor', demonstrating the pernicious effects on the economy and society of excessive wealth ine…"-Caroline Lucas, Another England: How to Reclaim Our National Story
"Ultimately, the most powerful way to rebalance the interests of private owners and the common good is by shifting the focus towards taxes on wealth - that is, asking those who have accummulated subst…"-Caroline Lucas, Another England: How to Reclaim Our National Story
25. Outbreak (Luke Carlton #3)
By: Frank Gardner
3.97
Format: 459 pages, Kindle Edition
Deep within the Arctic Circle, three scientists from the UK's Arctic Research Station trudge throug… read more
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26. One Boy, Two Bills and a Fry Up: A Memoir of Growing Up and Getting On
By: Wes Streeting
4.30
Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition
Wes Streeting might have ended up in prison rather than in parliament. His maternal grandfather Bil… read more
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27. Two Storm Wood
By: Philip Gray
4.06
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In this thriller set on the battlefields of the Somme after the end of World War I, a woman investi… read more
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28. Pride: The Unlikely Story of the True Heroes of the Miner's Strike
By: Tim Tate
4.43
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
In 1984, a small group of gay men and lesbian women stepped away from London’s vibrant gay scene to… read more
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- biography
- historical
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29. Please, Mister Postman
By: Alan Johnson
3.82
Format: 295 pages, Kindle Edition
In July 1969, while the Rolling Stones played a free concert in Hyde Park, Alan Johnson and his you… read more
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30. The Secret of the Brighton House
By: Cathy Hayward
4.07
Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition
Her family lied to protect her. Will the truth tear them apart? Joanne’s always been told her moth… read more
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